Shloka 47
कार्त्तिकेयाभिषेकः — Consecration of Kārttikeya and the Enumeration of His Retinue
ऐश्वर्याणि च सर्वाणि देवगन्धर्वरक्षसाम् | भूतयक्षविहड़नां पन्नगानां च सर्वश:
aiśvaryāṇi ca sarvāṇi devagandharvarakṣasām | bhūtayakṣavihaṅgānāṁ pannagānāṁ ca sarvaśaḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Alle Formen von Herrschaft und Glanz—die der Götter, der Gandharvas und der Rākṣasas, ebenso die der Bhūtas, der Yakṣas, der Vögel und der Schlangen—waren in ihrer Gesamtheit gegenwärtig.“
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the vast spectrum of aiśvarya (sovereign power and splendor) across many orders of beings, suggesting that worldly and otherworldly might is manifold and graded—an implicit reminder that power is not exclusive to humans and must be understood within a larger cosmic hierarchy.
Vaiśampāyana, as narrator, describes an all-encompassing presence or display of powers and splendors associated with various celestial and non-human classes (gods, Gandharvas, Rākṣasas, Bhūtas, Yakṣas, birds, and serpents), heightening the epic scale of the scene by invoking the entire supernatural cosmos.